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- Summary: The duo's fifth long-player, destined to be known as GBMS in record reviews everywhere, was recorded in their Detroit studio. While not a total departure from previous efforts, it does find them expanding their sound away from their usual guitar+drums formula.
- Record Label: V2 / XL
- Genre(s): Indie, Rock
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Top Track
Blue Orchid | |
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You got a reaction You got a reaction didn't you? You took a white orchid You took a white orchid turned it blue Something better than... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 30 out of 38
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Mixed: 8 out of 38
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Negative: 0 out of 38
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The New York TimesIt's an album so strong and so unexpected that it may change the way people hear all its predecessors. And that's just a start. Listen long enough, and this album might change the way you hear lots of other bands, too.
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White's commercial success has nothing to do with de Stijl or da blooze--just a strong, emotive voice delivering simple yet distinctive songs, which are fairly numerous here.
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Another remarkable White Stripes album.
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It isn’t until you’ve given it your full attention that the album starts to reveal its true depth and worth with songs that stick and get under your skin and make you come back for more.
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Even with a generous handful of tracks that easily rank alongside the White Stripes' best work, Get Behind Me Satan remains a confounding record, one that wears its "transitional album" tag like a heavy peppermint-striped crown.
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Get Behind Me Satan lacks the confidently muscular (if sonically overreaching) ambition of Elephant, the raw, bruising intensity of White Blood Cells and the appealing hooks of De Stijl.
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[It] tries putting everything from the buffet on your plate, even the Jell-O you're not going to eat. C'mon, sounding like a stripped-down version of the Stooges wasn't such a bad thing, was it?
Score distribution:
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Positive: 139 out of 168
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Mixed: 14 out of 168
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Negative: 15 out of 168
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Oct 20, 2011
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KellyWJun 11, 2005An amazing record that is, quite simply, the best album of the year.
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leighsJul 19, 2005an amazing album. they just get better and better!
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IanRJun 7, 2005
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mattlJun 19, 2005Takes a couple listens to warm up too, then you are hooked
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LBJun 10, 2005
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GabrielKJun 15, 2005overrated much!
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